One dead after car slams into tree in Los Gatos

October 20, 2010 9:45:38 AM PDT

LOS GATOS, Calif. --

Police have shut down multiple streets in Los Gatos while conducting an investigation of a fatal car crash that happened early this morning.

At 3:19 a.m., officers responded to the intersection of Blossom Hill Road and Union Avenue, where they found a car that had driven off the roadway and into a tree, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police Sgt. Kerry Harris said.

The driver was killed in the crash, and Harris said there were no passengers in the vehicle.

A number of streets remain closed while police are investigating the crash: Blossom Hill Road between Leigh Avenue and Blossom Dale Drive is closed, as well as the portion of Union Ave between Anne Avenue and Blossom Hill Drive, Harris said.